A local developer no longer is pursuing plans to build a five-story office building on the property. A small real estate brokerage firm in the neighborhood now hopes to renovate the space and move its office there.

The vacant lot along East Washington Street that Irvington officials are marketing for redevelopment has yet to attract any offers. But an architect's rendering is giving residents an idea of what could be built there.

Indianapolis native Brian Baker plans to start serving patrons late this fall from his South American-themed Open Society Public House on College Avenue, catty-corner to Greg Hardesty's celebrated Recess.